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足 — 7 strokes / Radical「足」

道
10Elementary year 1 / 7 strokes / Radical「足」
On
ソクそく · soku
Kun
あし・た(りる)ashi · ta(riru)
Meaning
foot, leg

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Stroke-order animation, origin, compounds and an example in 60 seconds.

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A picture of a leg and foot.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onソクそくsoku足跡あしあと遠足えんそく補足ほそく
Kunあしashi足あし足音あしおと素足すあし

Compare: 脚

Kunたりるtariru足りるたりる
Kunたるtaru舌足らずしたたらず
Kunたすtasu足すたす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 足あし

    foot, leg

  • 足音あしおと

    footsteps

More words with this kanji

  • 遠足えんそく
  • 足首あしくび
  • 不足ふそく
  • 満足まんぞく
  • 足跡あしあと
  • 裸足はだし

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

足(あし)が いたいです。

My foot hurts.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

足音足音sound趾a toe跂to sta…趺the fo…跖the so…跎to stu…仄faint束bundle即immedi…昃the su…則rule
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)